Health Educator jobs in Ohio

Department: Planning Promotion Preparedness

Job Status: Full Time 

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt 

Reports To: Health Education Program Manager

Grade/Level: C43

Amount of Travel Required: 10%

Job Type: Regular 

Positions Supervised: None

Work Schedule: 8 am - 4 pm, M-F, with one-hour unpaid lunch. Adjustments to schedule with supervisor approval. Evenings and weekends required.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Under the supervision of the health education program manager will be expected to assess, plan, implement and evaluate health education programs for topics including, but not limited to HIV, injury prevention, nutrition, physical activity, and tobacco cessation and prevention.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodation may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Timely, regular, and consistent attendance.

• Project a positive and professional Provide respectful customer service to external and internal clients.
• Collect and analyze data to learn about and educate people and the community to improve programs and services.
• Assist with the communication and public information by preparing and maintaining newsletters, articles, media releases, presentations, social media/website posts, and educational materials using appropriate software and community outreach methods.
• Conduct health education, health promotion, and public awareness activities including but not limited to presentations, speaking engagements, health fairs and festivals. Work with and interact effectively and professionally with individuals and community partners.
• Utilize appropriate methods for ineracting effectively and professionally with people of all ages and from divers cultural, socioeconomic, educational, racial, and ethnic backgrounds, sexual orientations, lifestyles, and physical abilities.
• Assist in the evaluation of the effectiveness of programs and educational materials and comply with federal, state, and health district policies, procedures, and regulations.

• Use quality improvement (QI) and performance management (PM) processes and/or techniques to improve the effectiveness of environmental health programs and services including but not limited to creating, implementing, and evaluating performance standards and identifying, implementing, and assessing QI processes.
• Responsibilities include other duties as assigned including but not limited to Accreditation requirements and responding to emergency events.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Education:

Bachelor’s Degree (four-year college or technical school): Required

Field of Study: Health Education or Health Promotion

Master’s Degree Preferred, Field of Study: Health Education or Health Promotion

Experience:

Six (6) plus months of experience in assisting in and/or developing health education programs.

Or, related bachelor’s degree with minimum three (3) years’ experience in developing health education programs.

Computer Skills:

Microsoft Office required. Grant Management Information System (GMIS) to be obtained upon hire.

License & Certifications:

Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license.

Other Requirements:

National Incident Management System (NIMS)/Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200 and 700.a to be obtained within six (6) months of hire. NIMS/ICS 300, 400 and 800.B to be obtained within twelve (12) months of hire.

COMPETENCIES/KNOWLEDGE-SKILLS-ABILITIES (KSA’s):

A. Public Health Tier: 1 – Front Line and Program Support Responsibilities

B. Organizational Competencies

All GCPH employees are expected to adhere to the mission of: Prevent disease, Promote health and wellness in Greene County and Protect the quality of our environment. In addition, all GCPH employees are expected to meet specified competencies in the following areas:

• Dependability: Demonstrates reliability and trustworthiness and being consistent in performance or behavior.
• Judgement: Ability to apply critical thinking, adapt to change and make evidence-based decisions or form opinions while maintaining ethical performance.
• Communication: Communicate in a respectful manner both written and orally, in person, and through electronic means, with linguistic and cultural proficiency.
• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure the health and safety of our community within my abilities and resources and treat our many, diverse customers with thoughtful listening and respect.
• Quality: Establish and maintain organizational capacity and resources to support continuous quality improvement.
• Equity: Ability to interact with clients, community partners, and co-workers with absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically or by other dimensions of inequality.
• Inclusion: Demonstrates the practice or policy of providing equal access to opportunities and resources for people who might otherwise be excluded or marginalized, such as those who have physical or intellectual disabilities and members of other minority groups.
• Community Partnership Skills: Works collaboratively with and through groups of people affiliated by special interest, geographic proximity, or similar situation to address issues affecting the well-being of our community
• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: Ability to identify, collect and evaluate data as it affects the health of our community or population.

C. Job Specific Competencies

Descriptions of each competency can be found at:

2021 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (phf.org)

• Data Analytics and Assessment Skills: (1.1T1, 1.2T1, 1.3T1, 1.4T1, 1.5T1, 1.6T1, 1.7T1, 1.8T1)
• Policy Development and Program Planning Skills: (2.1T1, 2.2T1, 2.3T1, 2.4T1, 2.5T1, 2.6T1, 2.7T1)
• Communication Skills: (3.1T1, 3.2T1, 3.3T1, 3.4T1)
• Health Equity Skills: (4.1T1, 4.2T1, 4.3T1, 4.4T1, 4.5T1, 4.6T1, 4.7T1)
• Community Partnership Skills: (5.1T1, 5.2T1, 5.3T1, 5.4T1, 5.5T1)
• Public Health Sciences Skills: (6.1T1, 6.2T1, 6.3T1, 6.4T1)
• Management and Finance Skills: (7.1T1, 7.2T1, 7.3T1, 7.4T1, 7.5T1, 7.6T1, 7.7T1, 7.8T1, 7.9T1, 7.10T1, 7.11T1, 7.12T1, 7.13T1)
• Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills: (8.1T1, 8.2T1, 8.3T1, 8.4T1, 8.5T1, 8.6T1, 8.7T1, 8.8T1)

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

N (Not Applicable) - Activity is not applicable to this position.

O (Occasionally) - Position requires this activity up to 33% of the time (0 - 2.5 hrs./day)

F (Frequently) - Position requires this activity from 33% - 66% of the time (2.5 - 5.5 hrs./day)

C (Constantly) - Position requires this activity more than 66% of the time (5.5 hrs./day)

Physical Demands

Stand - O

Walk - O

Sit - F

Manually Manipulate - O

Reach Outward - O

Reach Above Shoulder - O

Climb - N

Crawl - N

Squat or kneel - N

Grasp - O

Speak - C

Lift/Carry

10 lbs. or less - O

11-20 lbs. - O

21-50 lbs. - O

51-100 lbs. - N

Over 100 lbs. - N

Push/Pull

12 lbs. or less - O

13-25 lbs. - O

26-40 lbs. - O

41-100 lbs. - O

50 pounds or more you may request assistance.

Other Physical Requirements

• Vision (Near, Distance, Color)
• Sense of Sound – Sufficient to communicate in-person and on the telephone
• Ability to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) – at least gloves

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Professional office environment. Work-related travel may subject employees to conditions that range from inclement weather to dangerous conditions such as snow/ice, heat, noise and sudden temperature changes. Travel may subject employees to increased risk of driving hazards.

Employees in this classification may occasionally need to relate to members of the public who exhibit challenging, atypical or hostile behavior and/or communication.

Contact Information:

For general questions regarding the position, please contact:

Evan Dillahunt

(937) 374-5620

edillahunt@gcph.info

The deadline to apply for this position is 4:00 PM on Friday, May 3, 2024